ARMORED INFANTRY BATALLION ADVANCE, HOHENSTEIN, GERMANY ; GERMAN ARMOR ON MOVE, WURTH, GERMANY Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 4218 SOURCE: AFCF (M=1655-1656) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1003' ea Silent 111 LIB 5768 ADC ARMORED INF BN ADVANCE 4218-1 Hohenstein, Germany; 16 Apr 1945 MSs, CUs, US soldiers search German prisoners. The prisoners range in age from 14-17 and 50-60 CUs, one of the elderly prisoners climbs onto hood of halftrack vehicle. VS, soldiers of the 17th Armd Div examining wreckage of German ME=109 plane as column of armored vehicles passes in bg. The ME-109 was found on the side of the autobahn. VS, column of armored vehicles and infantrymen on autobahn. Pan from M04 tank firing into wooded area to column of armored vehicles halted on highway. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-21.0 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35 Avenue, LIC 1, N.Y. ERBS/hs Signal Corps ADC 4218 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1655-1656) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1003' ea Silent 111 LIB 5769 GERMAN ARMOR ON MOVE ADC 4218-2 Wurth, Germany; 16-18 Apr 1945 MLS, jeep heading column of tanks is stuck on railroad tracks. VS, soldiers lay poles across tracks near blown-out bridge. VS, soldiers sawing trees to make poles for laying across railroad tracks. The poles are carried from the wooded area to the tracks. Excellent scenes, task force of the 18th Armd Div including M=4 and M-5 tanks and halftracks cross log-covered railroad tracks. VS, task force moving thru village near Neustadt. MLS, Pan, two M=4s crossing open field at high speed. MS, infantrymen running along road past halted tank column. MS, soldiers lead German officer out of woods and across field. Pan, from halted column of armored vehicles to infantrymen digging foxholes. CUs, individual soldiers digging foxholes. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-200 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35 Avenue, LIC 1, N.Y. ERBS/hs

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities